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A retired Tennessee law enforcement officer was held in jail for more than a month this fall after police arrested him over a Facebook post of a meme related to the September assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Prosecutors eventually dropped the criminal charge brought against Larry Bushart, but his stint behind bars came to exemplify the country’s tense political and legal climate following the tragedy, when conservatives sought to stymie public discourse about the late controversial figure that it saw as objectionable.

Now, Bushart is suing over his incarceration.

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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 13 points 39 minutes ago (1 children)

(From the article)

This is the image they jailed him for.

This should be a slam dunk win for him. Blatant political retribution. The people who jailed him should be jailed, disbarred, fined, etc., the citizens shouldn’t have to pay the court award for their fascism.

[–] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 2 points 6 minutes ago

May I say thanks for the pixelation. I'm serious, it's tiring looking at his ugly clueless face all the time.

[–] DylanMc6@lemmy.ml 4 points 53 minutes ago* (last edited 23 minutes ago) (2 children)

a little reminder that there's someone (madison420) in the replies saying that the civil war was about "states' rights" when it was actually about slavery. DON'T dogpile them, just tell them that they're playing devil's advocate here. seriously!

[–] cyberwitch@reddthat.com 6 points 47 minutes ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZB2ftCl2Vk "States rights to do what?" gets lost-causers so mad lol

[–] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 1 points 34 minutes ago* (last edited 34 minutes ago)

"states' rights to own slaves"

[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 7 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 12 points 1 hour ago

Yeah, but will any of the police officers involved in this disgrace lose anything? Or is it just going to be taxpayers signing a settlement check again?

[–] webp@mander.xyz 11 points 2 hours ago

Let's not use the opinionated word "tragedy."

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Make some memes people. Charlie "hole-in-the-neck" Kirk

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 3 points 33 minutes ago

Moments before he finally became left-leaning.

[–] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 1 points 34 minutes ago

I heard his neck just did that randomly

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 63 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

The US has lost their license to roast us (the rest of the world) for saying mean things on the internet and getting a vist from the police. Welcome to the club you fat bitch.

[–] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 1 points 33 minutes ago

I don't know what planet you live on but it's the rest of the world roasting the US.

[–] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 19 points 11 hours ago

I assure you the United States has both people who will continue to try making that roast, and people who never felt like they had that freedom in the first place.

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 248 points 15 hours ago (8 children)

He quoted Trump saying 'We need to just get over it' about the Perry High School shooting in Iowa.

What he said wasn't even hateful, it was a fucking quote.

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[–] DarkSideOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 38 points 12 hours ago

At least he is American and can sue. Some immigrants were deported and had their lives destroyed just because they had their opinions

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